If you naturally choose Friday or Monday to set your days off, you are certainly not the only one. But, according to science, this is actually not the best technique for optimal rest. According to Dawna Ballard, professor of communication at the University of Texas at Austin and specialist in the study of time, the best day of the week to take time off would actually be Wednesday.
A break in the middle of the week would in particular break the routine of a working week. On a daily basis, our internal rhythms (either being a morning person or rather an evening person) and external ones (the pace of work, deadlines) are in perpetual contradiction. “Everyone has a different chronotype. Some people move slowly, some move faster, she explained to the site Quartz. Our work will scan this and tell us how fast and when to workThis is also why Monday morning is so complicated: after a weekend of following your internal rhythm, returning to the rhythm of the week can be hard for some.
Rebalance your rhythm
Taking his Wednesday will allowinterrupt this rhythm imposed by his weekWho “because she keeps repeating herself, develops real power” and thus to rediscover its internal rhythms, imposed from the outside. “A free Wednesday (…) tips the balance in your favor between your own pace and that of your work“. On the other hand, a Monday or Friday is a continuation of the weekend and will therefore not really disrupt the rhythm of the week.
And even in terms of his health, a day off in the middle of the week will help realign his internal and external rhythms. “The chronic misalignment between our lifestyle and the rhythm dictated by our inner timekeeper is associated with an increased risk of various diseases”had indicated the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2017 for their work on the biological clock.
In addition, the Wednesday break allows you to cut the week in two, and thus potentially see it pass more quickly. “You start the week knowing that you only have two days at this rate before taking rest againdetails Dawna Ballard. There is a greater sense of calm and control.”
Source :
- For maximum recharge, take a Wednesday off, QuartzJuly 2018
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